Term: January 31, 2024-January 30, 2025
Part time: 20 hours/week
Salary: $20/hour

Reports to Executive Director

TXSES is seeking a highly-organized and responsible CRM and Research Assistant intern to support our grant writing team, perform clerical and website tasks and assist with various research projects to spread awareness about our work as the single statewide non-profit organization that advocates for the distributed solar industry. Applicants should be prepared to work in a fast-paced team environment with unique opportunities to gain broad experience in Texas’ booming solar energy industry. Selected applicant will be on-boarded by our current intern and staff.

The Texas Solar Energy Society (TXSES) is the pre-eminent statewide organization developing free, fact-based educational materials that advocate, share best practices and inform decision-makers regarding distributed-scale solar. TXSES promotes favorable solar policies that grow the industry; protect clean air; build healthy, resilient communities; support local, well-paying jobs; and lay the foundation for building a strong foundation for Texas’ 100% clean energy future. A membership-based organization, TXSES’s unique niche is exemplified in our well-established local chapters in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston and San Antonio. Having boots on the ground in these major metropolitan cities, which represent nearly a quarter of Texas’s 30 million+ citizens, enables our gifted, dedicated experts to disseminate fact-based, relevant solar information.

Research Assistant Duties and Responsibilities

• General research as needed.
• Respond to business members and individual member requests.
• Prepare documents, reports, presentations and other clerical and administrative tasks.
• Occasionally prepare articles for newsletter.
• Help update content on www.txses.org website.
• Help update content on Little Green Light (CRM software).
• Create data analytics reports on social platforms and txses.org using Google Analytics.

Research Assistant Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized multitasker who works well in a fast-paced environment.
• Prior experience handling office responsibilities, experience in customer service, or related field.
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel); scheduling appointments/updating calendars.
• Comfortable making phone calls.
• Willingness to learn and to grow with TXSES.

Benefits

• Practical experience with current marketing and advertising techniques.
• Shadowing, mentoring, and training opportunities with successful solar energy educational experts.
• Opportunity to participate in networking events and organization meetings.
• Flexible schedule for students.
• Time off during Thanksgiving and Christmas.

To apply: send a cover letter and résumé to Patrice Parsons pparsons@txses.org with the subject line Internship for TXSES. Position open until filled.

TXSES is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and embracing a workplace with diverse voices and perspectives. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, and people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.